Masked Singer Natalie Cassidy reveals emotional real reason her daughter was mortified over her being unmasked as Bush
The star opened up about her unmasking while talking to Joanna Page
THE Masked Singer’s Natalie Cassidy has revealed the emotional reason her teenage daughter was “embarrassed” by her being Bush.
Natalie, 41, was unmasked as Bush on the ITV1 show on the weekend after managing to fool the entire judging panel.
But the EastEnders star’s family had already guessed – and her 14-year-old daughter Eliza was mortified.
In a video of Natalie being unmasked as the family watched the show on Saturday night, Eliza could be heard groaning: “I am so embarrassed!”
However, mum-of-two Natalie has now revealed the reason behind her daughter’s embarrassment.
Speaking on her Off The Telly podcast with Joanna Page, Natalie has said Eliza was worried about being branded a ‘liar’ at school.
Natalie admitted: “A lot of the family said, ‘I think it’s you, I know it’s you’. But I just denied, denied, denied.”
Referring to her family reveal video, Joanna said: “You can hear Eliza going in the background, ‘Urgh I’m so embarrassed!’.”
Natalie replied: “Oh I know. Textbook. Typical teen. But once she’d got over that, she was worried about lying to people.
“She said, ‘People at school are not going to believe me because they’ve been asking me and I’ve said no’.
“I said, ‘But you haven’t known, darling. You’re not joking. You haven’t known’.
“So once she’d got her head around that she said, ‘I’m really proud of you, mummy’.”
Natalie, who has quit EastEnders as Sonia Fowler after 32 years, was unmasked in the semi-final of The Masked Singer.
Her character Bush was one of five stars hoping to make it through to the grand final but she missed out at the last hurdle.
Speaking afterwards, Natalie told host Joel Dommett about how she thought Eliza would react.
“It’s been one the best jobs I’ve ever done. Absolutely amazing,” she said.
“My 14-year-old, she’s either going to say, ‘Mum I’m really proud of you’ or ‘This is the most embarrassing thing me for me ever!'”
The following day, Natalie shared the moment her family were finally let in on her Masked Singer secret.
She shared a clip of them all watching the show together before Bush’s head was taken off.
Natalie’s loved ones were seen screaming at the big reveal and turning to look at her in shock.
As she held her youngest daughter Joanie, eight, on her lap, Natalie laughed when the youngster asked: “How have you done that?”
Natalie wrote alongside the video: “When you think something is really scary and you can’t think of anything worse – but you know it will be fun… DO IT.
“I am not a singer, but I was made to feel like one! I had the most amazing time doing this show.
“I was absolutely petrified, but everyone looked after me and I felt so loved. To see the kids so excited when I was unmasked was the best thing ever. So happy the secret is out!”
Meanwhile, eagle-eyed viewers are convinced EastEnders ‘gave away’ her identity on the show.
The Masked Singer was filmed last summer – around the time Natalie took a break from EastEnders.
